---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Empowerment Scholarship Program"
description: "Family Empowerment Scholarship Program; Revises number of students eligible to participate in Family Empowerment Scholarship Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023C"
identifier: "HB 3C"
citation: "Florida HB 3C (2023C)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["k"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-350"
primary_sponsors: ["Tomkow"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-11-02"
last_action: "2023-11-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d8e6593-77d3-4ed1-990b-65bace034a1c"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023C/3C/ByCategory"
source_hash: "ecf06ced6554965ea346f0808a797b86d6585f5634b8bfc6f965e164fee6dc1b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 3C (2023C) — Family Empowerment Scholarship Program

Family Empowerment Scholarship Program; Revises number of students eligible to participate in Family Empowerment Scholarship Program.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-350.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 3C Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023C/3C/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 3C er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023C/3C/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tomkow — primary (person)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Berfield — cosponsor (person)
- Brackett — cosponsor (person)
- Caruso — cosponsor (person)
- Chamberlin — cosponsor (person)
- Fine — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Gottlieb — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, V. — cosponsor (person)
- Maney — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Melo — cosponsor (person)
- Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Persons-Mulicka — cosponsor (person)
- Plakon — cosponsor (person)
- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-11-02** Filed `filing`
- **2023-11-02** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-02** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2023-11-02** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- **2023-11-06** Favorable by Appropriations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-11-06** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- **2023-11-06** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-11-06** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (11/7/2023)
- **2023-11-06** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-11-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-11-07** Amendment 555575 Failed
- **2023-11-07** Amendment 057163 not allowed for consideration
- **2023-11-07** Amendment 179775 not allowed for consideration
- **2023-11-07** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-11-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-11-07** Passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-11-07** In Messages
- **2023-11-07** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-07** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-11-08** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-11-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-11-08** Substituted for SB 4-C
- **2023-11-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-11-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-11-08** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-11-08** In Messages
- **2023-11-08** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-11-13** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-13** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-11-14** Chapter No. 2023-350

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d8e6593-77d3-4ed1-990b-65bace034a1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).